BiggerPockets

I get having the need for moderators... I always thought it was for advertising too much or bad advice...

I am amazed that its also for censorship..

Not certain why grown people, especially on a board, cannot disagree on how one presents their views...

I take the position that healthy bantering actually increases someones ability to communicate... And the idea that people can just post crap and get away with it because no one can call them out is rather weird...

As a guy who had a real estate forum I guess the politically correctness is important but lack of it also bring viewers back faster, thus increasing the site value from an advertising standpoint...

Just talking

I strongly agree.

See thats the idea... We should be able to say crap... without getting are feelings hurt or worried that the other guy is going to go tell mommy...

I love it...

Actually still finding my way around... I need to hire a mentor just to figure out this site....

Thanks for the encouragement.

PS... How the heck do you turn off the notices of your own replies.. I like getting them when others reply but I am smart enough on most days to know when I replied... lol

That "other" place has figured it out... Its rather annoying... I guess I am getting a taste of my own medicine...

I think whining is what should be moderated! :D

Chris youre right... I'll stop

Thats weird.. :(

I have several thousand posts, and I've been censored several times. I don't ALWAYS agree, but I've always gotten the reaon for the censor when I've asked the mods. NEVER has the reply not made sense to me. Just like the IRS, I may disagree with the reasoning, but if I want to play in that arena, or BP arena, I abide by all decisions. I'm very comfortable with this. Rich

The emails arrive because you have the topic selected for "monitoring". By default, the initiator of a topic has this selected; I believe the intent behind that is to help keep the replies on topic. When you go back to a thread that you no longer wish to get emails on, uncheck the "monitoring" checkbox near the top of the page; you don't have to post any further to make that happen.

Now, if you want to filter out just the replies that you yourself have posted, but still get an email when somebody else has posted - I don't believe that it is possible to do at this point in time. You might want to start another post in the "site questions" forum if you want to see this kind of behavior; discussing it further here would be getting too far off topic.

And if you have any other questions that you would direct at a "BP site mentor", then post those in the "site questions" forum - you gain the entire member base as potential mentors; some of whom will know some solutions or workarounds for whatever is troubling you regarding the BP site.

Now, as to your original post in this thread: Sometimes you will find that people are thinner skinned than you expect. Sometimes you'll see solicitations that are embedded within a post that is mostly following the rules. Just a couple of cases where pieces of a post or an entire post gets removed.

I even had one removed from the recent "yellow letters" thread where I just passed along how to use the BP photo galleries. Confused me a bit as to why, but it is what it is.

Chris youre right... I'll stop